The sun is set in the west mountain, and the red glow is all over the sky.

In the town of Hutou, the smell of blood has faded a lot, replaced by the aroma of rice porridge.

After the thieves retreated, Cao Wenzhao ordered the withdrawal of the army, and retreated all the way to Hutou Town before stopping.

After sending a few men to clean up the corpses inside and outside the town, the whole army entered the town and set up camp.

The fire in the town has dissipated, and many houses have been burned, but there are still many houses that can be used.

The low walls outside the town and the horses left behind by some rogues also saved time for building fortifications.

The great battle during the day exhausted the Ming army, and there were no idlers in the camp except for the soldiers who were in charge of patrolling and guarding.

There is a three-entry compound in Hutou Town, which has become the garrison of the Chinese army because it is located in the center and has an attic that has not been destroyed.

The mansion is lavishly decorated, and although it has been looted several times, it can still be seen to be extraordinary.

The owner of this house seems to be a scholar with a meritorious reputation, Chen Wang saw a study room when he led people to clean, and the valuable utensils in the study were basically snatched away, and the books were basically preserved, but they were scattered all over the ground, and some were trampled and crumbled.

There were no corpses in the mansion, but there were many bloodstains or broken clothes, and most of the owners had been killed.

The town has been occupied for some time, and the corpses outside the town that are about to dry up are the original inhabitants of this town.

The man in charge of cleaning up the corpses outside the town filled them with earth and erected a tablet for them with a wooden plaque.

The dead thieves were thrown to the other side and disposed of hastily, and the final result was only a fire, and there was no talk of being buried in the ground.

As for whether there will be any resentful ghosts asking for their lives after the fire, and ghosts chasing souls, to be honest, no one is worried.

Ordinary people of ghosts and demons basically believe in their existence, but most of the soldiers who have fought in the old war basically do not believe it, they have walked down from the sea of corpses alive, and they believe that only the sword in their hands is the sword.

In the lobby, Cao Wenzhao had already removed his armor, changed into a scarlet round-necked regular robe, wore a black gauze hat, and sat on the right head, with a gloomy face.

Chen Wang stood on the right rear of Cao Wenzhao's side with the Yanling knife on his waist, and there were more than ten soldiers in the hall guarding other places besides him, these people were Cao Wenzhao's personal guards, including Chen Wang.

There are a large number of family members, so naturally there is a certain difference between relatives and distances.

Cao Wenzhao directly led a hundred guards, and these 100 people were responsible for his usual daily life and safety.

Chen Wang used to be a personal guard, and followed Cao Wenzhao in and out of the Chinese army all the year round, but this was the first time he stood on Cao Wenzhao's side, and he usually stood far away.

However, Chen Wang was not happy because of the improvement of his status now, because the atmosphere in the hall was quite depressing, and one person in the hall was kneeling on the ground.

The person kneeling in the hall was none other than Cao Bianjiao.

As soon as he entered the lobby, Cao Wenzhao had not yet spoken, and Cao Bianjiao had already knelt down first, asking for responsibility.

Cao Bianjiao knew that if it weren't for his greed for merit, he wouldn't have been ambushed at all.

When he was leading his troops in pursuit, he knew that something was wrong when he heard the sound of cannons in the rear, and when he returned to meet with the infantry and saw the corpses all over the ground, he knew that he had made a big mistake.

In the end, he learned about the risks of this battle from the mouth of the infantry team in the army, and he was even more shocked into a cold sweat.

Cao Wenzhao looked at Cao Bianjiao, who was kneeling on the ground, and shook his head in disappointment.

"I have repeatedly ordered you, but you are only a deaf ear."

Cao Wenzhao's heart was churning with anger, and he hated that iron could not become steel.

"Do you know how many soldiers and generals have been lost in this battle?!"

The soldiers of the three bureaus in the front were all trapped in the enemy formation, and Sun Anshan, the commander of the front part, was wounded in several places, killing one person and wounding one, four people in the hundred general, 19 people in the banner, and nearly 600 people in the first battle.

Of the nearly 600 casualties, the total number of troops under his command was only more than 3,000.

One in five casualties means that one out of every five people is killed.

The huge casualties have made the morale of the army extremely low, and it has lost the ability to attack again, and it may take a long time to rest and recuperate.

Cao Wenzhao closed his eyes, trying his best to suppress the anger in his heart, and he even had the idea of directly asking the left and right to push Cao Bianjiao out and behead the public to show the righteous military law.

But this idea was finally suppressed by him.

"Since my military order can't control you, don't follow me anymore, you are a general, you can lead a battalion alone."

"I will ask Hong Shuai to transfer you to another department and let you lead the army alone."

"Uncle ......"

Cao Bianjiao's heart was shocked, and he raised his head suddenly.

"Don't call me uncle, how dare I be your uncle?"

Cao Wenzhao stood up and sneered.

"I'd rather be robbed by thieves than teach Cao Bing to block. The thieves robbed limitedly, and the Cao soldiers did endless harm. Thieves robbed the people's property, and Cao soldiers killed the people's lives. ”

"What you did in the south, you were stabbed to the imperial court, burned down people's houses, raped women, and extorted property, what did you dare not do?"

Cao Bianjiao's face changed, and he hurriedly argued.

"Uncle Mingjian, the harm to the people was done by the nephew who surrendered, and after the nephew learned the news, he has put all the good soldiers under military law."

After he placed those soldiers, he was ordered to continue to suppress the thieves non-stop, but he never thought that those soldiers were so bold and dared to go to the cholera village even after surrendering.

When he learned about this, he immediately returned to his division, hanged them all, and ruled military law, but some things were irreparable.

Cao Bianjiao's words made Cao Wenzhao's expression soften a little, and he also calmed down and realized his gaffe.

"But again, this is the last chance, go and get fifty sticks yourself, don't get my eyes here anymore"

Cao Wenzhao sat down again, waved his hand, sighed, and repelled Cao Bianjiao.

Chen Wang stood behind Cao Wenzhao and watched Cao Wenzhao teach Cao Bianjiao a lesson.

Although Cao Wenzhao is known as the first good general in the Ming Dynasty, in fact, Cao Bianjiao in history is far more famous than Cao Wenzhao.

In the later stages of the final decisive battle of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Ming army suffered a crushing defeat, and Jinzhou and Songshan were surrounded by the Qing army.

Turg took the lead in shooting the enemy, and Ilden and the Minister of the Interior and the clan Xihan refused to fight, and Cao Bianjiao was defeated.

Cao Bianjiao led his own soldiers, sneaked out of the city after nightfall, and went straight to the camp of the Qing army's Zhenghuang Banner, and beheaded the Qing army's leader Zhangguli, and the Qing troops guarding the outer camp were all defeated.

That night, Huang Taiji was planning to attack Songshan here, and he did not expect the surprise attack of the Ming army at all.

The Elder Dorji, the Minister of the Interior, and Ta Zhan near the Chinese army successively led their troops to help, but they were all defeated by Cao Bianjiao.

The guards of the Chinese army were almost completely killed, and the situation was precarious.

Cao Bianjiao was only a little bit able to break into the Chinese army and kill Huang Taiji, making an immortal achievement.

It's a pity that in the end, the Qing soldiers occupied the camp and desperately released arrows, Cao Bianjiao was shot and wounded, and he was wounded again in the previous fight.

The Qing army also reacted in confusion, rushing to help the Chinese army from all directions, and the Qing army gathered more and more.

Cao Bianjiao was seriously wounded, and seeing that it was hopeless to break into the inner camp, he could only choose to retreat.

In the end, after the Qing soldiers relied on Neiying to break through Songshan, Cao Bianjiao also died in Songshan.

Chen Wang stared at the back of Cao Bianjiao leaving, and he could clearly notice the changes in Cao Bianjiao's body.

In the past, whether Cao Bianjiao was sitting or standing, he felt like a sharp blade out of the sheath, sharp and domineering, but he also had such capital.

Since the army, Cao Bianjiao has been almost invincible and invincible.

But now Cao Bianjiao has put away all these edges.

"Chen Wang."

Cao Wenzhao's voice suddenly sounded.

Although Chen Wang's eyes were on Cao Bianjiao's back, he had always kept a heart on Cao Wenzhao's body, and when he heard the voice calling his name, he bowed his head slightly and responded.

"Yes."

"Sit."

Cao Wenzhao pointed to the chair next to him, and his tone was concise.

Chen Wang was not pretentious, walked steadily to the chair, and then turned around and sat down.

Cao Wenzhao's eyes looked up and down Chen Wang's.

Chen Wang felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and was stared at by Cao Wenzhao, as if he was being stared at by a fierce tiger in the mountains and forests.

Cao Wenzhao's momentum is too great, and it is even worse than that of the tiger.

The Tiger can't kill dozens of people on the battlefield and fight for miles.

Cao Wenzhao seemed to want to see him thoroughly.

After half a ring, Cao Wenzhao opened his mouth to say the second sentence.

"You've been following me for a few years."

Chen Wang was slightly stunned, and he had a lot of questions in his heart about the questions he might ask when he talked to Cao Wenzhao.

From the place where he met to the road of more than ten miles to Hutou Town, Chen Wang had already thought of most of the questions on the way.

But Cao Bianzhao first asked himself how many years he had been with him.

Chen Wang didn't answer immediately, but recalled it first, and the memory was indeed a little too long.

"Back to the general, it's been almost eight years."

After thinking for a while, Chen Wang replied.

"Eight Years ......"

Cao Wenzhao frowned slightly, and then stretched out again.

"Has it been eight years......

Cao Wenzhao was a little stunned, but he quickly adjusted his mood.

"I wanted to release you as the flag chief a long time ago, but you had been alone at that time, so I still didn't release you in the end."

Cao Wenzhao looked at Chen Wang, he felt very strange now, he felt that Chen Wang was both familiar and unfamiliar.

"Today, during the day, you finally led the front as the palace army, and you did a good job."

"There are two divisions and eight bureaus in the front, the hundred generals of the four bureaus are gone, and the generals of one division are gone."

Chen Wang's heart was sudden, but he still had to pretend to be calm on his face and maintain his previous image.

"When the time comes, the army will be re-recruited, and a new hundred and general will definitely be set up."

Cao Wenzhao paused and continued.

"I had an accident to let you go to be the head of the first game, are you willing?"

Cao Wenzhao's tone softened a lot, and the oppressive aura also dissipated a lot.

Chen Wang's eyes lit up slightly, his original psychological expectation was just a flag boss, in charge of more than 30 people.

Now Cao Wenzhao directly mentioned to him President Bai, who is in charge of more than 100 people in a bureau, and has directly risen to a higher level.

The promotion of officers in the military is not the higher you go, the more difficult it is, but the most difficult when you are in the middle and lower ranks, because that is when you are most restricted.

Although Chen Wang also wanted to be reserved, he finally nodded at the first time.

"I am willing to share the worries of the general."

Cao Wenzhao doesn't have too many detours, he has always been straight, otherwise he wouldn't have made a lot of trouble with people like Hong Chengchou, which made Hong Chengchou unwilling to take credit for him.

"Okay, I'll make up a bureau for you after a while, and ask someone to familiarize you with military affairs."

Chen Wang was afraid that he would be reserved, so Cao Wenzhao took back the position of President Bai.

The general manager, general general, and general manager of the army are all from the families of generals, because they are easy to control, and their loyalty is guaranteed.

However, this kind of promotion is not based on any military merits, but on the direct selection of generals.

Appoint a hundred generals, generals, and you can fall off from your position with some military exploits, after all, you are the soldiers of the battalion.

Generally speaking, as a family member, it is very simple to get military merits on the battlefield.

"The reinforcements from above will come over, it will take some time, and I will keep the general position for you."

"When you take care of the things in the bureau, and after a few battles, I will give you a position in general."

Before Chen Wang could react, Cao Wenzhao's words raised it to the next level.

Chen Wang's eyelids jumped slightly, this is not a three-level promotion in a row, captain, flag president, hundred president, and general manager, this is the fourth level of consecutive wins, counting the deputy position, it is directly level eight, it is like riding a rocket.

"Thank you for the general's attention, and the humble post must take more effort."

Chen Wang stood up, surrendered his hand, and made an appearance of being willing to do his best.

"By the way, did you come to the method of shooting in the back of the palace, or did you see it from other places?"

Cao Wenzhao raised his hand and pressed it down, motioning for Chen Wang to sit down.

"The method of rotation shooting is to hear about it by chance when I was chatting with the people of the Southern Army."

Chen Wang sat down again, still acting cautiously, and explained.

Now he had to behave similarly to Chen Wang, so that people wouldn't be surprised by him.

"It is said that it is a group of three, the first person has finished putting the gun, the second person has released it, and finally the third person has released it, and the person who has released the gun will retreat to the end, and the cycle will start again, and it can be continuous, and there is no need to charge the medicine slowly."

"When I saw the rogue cavalry, I also came up with a way in a hurry."

When he was in Henan before, he did cooperate with many southern armies.

Those Southern troops had many firearms in their hands, the most of which were bird guns, and then the large and small Franco cannons.

Cao Wenzhao has also read Ji Xiao's new book, and he also knows a lot about firearms, and the Shenji Battalion has a rotational shooting method, which is not new.

What is new is that Chen Wang was able to immediately come up with such a method under that circumstance and improve the tactics according to local conditions.

Observe the details, not afraid of danger, not chaotic in the face of war, and clearly organized, you can be a pioneer or a Chinese army.